New Delhi. Team India is eyeing a 5th consecutive win in World Cup 2023. India and New Zealand will face each other in Dharamshala on 22nd October. Both teams have won all four matches played so far. Both have 8 marks each. But due to net run rate, Kiwi team is at the first position while Indian team is at the second position. However, it is not easy for Team India to beat New Zealand. Kiwi team is always dominating Team India in ICC tournament. Talking about the 2019 World Cup, New Zealand was thrown out of the tournament after defeating India in the semi-finals. At that time Virat Kohli was in charge of the team.
Virat Kohli suffered another major loss as captain against New Zealand in the final of the World Test Championship in 2021. The Kiwi team won the title of the first season of the tournament. So far 8 matches have been played between India and New Zealand in the ODI World Cup. Indian team has managed to win only 3 matches. New Zealand has won 5 matches. In such a situation, this statistic can put everyone in tension from captain Rohit Sharma to coach Rahul Dravid. Talking about the semi-final of the 2019 World Cup, New Zealand won by 18 runs. The last time India beat New Zealand in the ODI World Cup was in 2003. Then the team won by 7 wickets. That means the team has been waiting for a victory against New Zealand in the World Cup for 20 years.
India ahead in overall record
When it comes to the overall record of ODIs between India and New Zealand, the Indian team is ahead here. So far 116 matches have been played between the two. Team India managed to win 58 ODIs. New Zealand has won 50 matches. One match was tied while the 7th resulted in no result. If we look at the statistics of the last 5 matches played between the two teams, India has won 3 matches, while New Zealand has won 2 matches. That means here too the fight has been very close.
Kohli-Rohit have scored more than 250 runs
Captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will be responsible for Team India in the match. Rohit has so far scored 265 runs for the team in the World Cup on the basis of a century and a half-century. Kohli has managed to score 259 runs on the basis of a century and 2 half-centuries. Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul have also scored half-centuries each. Talking about bowling, fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has taken 10 wickets so far. Left arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja has taken 7 wickets and Kuldeep Yadav has taken 6 wickets.
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Santner and Henry are in good form
As for New Zealand, their bowlers have done well so far. Left arm spinner Mitchell Santner has taken the most wickets in the World Cup so far with 11 wickets. Fast bowler Matt Henry took 9 wickets and Lockie Ferguson took 6 wickets. The opener batsman Devon Conway scored 249 runs with the help of a century while Rachin Ravindra scored 217 runs with the help of a century. Racine has also taken 3 wickets in his name. Tom Latham and Will Young also scored 2 half-centuries each.
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Tags: New Zealand, Rohit Sharma, Team India, World Cup 2023
First published: October 21, 2023, 10:58 IST